1975 Studied self- defense for women at Sonoma Women's Center
Studied self-defense with Betty Braver
at the Country Women's Festival at the Woodlands in Mendocino, Ca.
1976 Studied with Sifu Nam Singh for many
years;Tai Chi Chuan, Dragon Tiger Mountain long form, staff, sword, qigong and Chinese medicinal cooking.
1977 Participated in the first "Women's Martial Arts Camp" at Lake Vera,
Nevada City, Ca. Birthplace of the annual 4 day Pacific Association of Women
in the Martial Arts, PAWM training camps,
and continue to attend most of the camps for the next 30 years, taking a wide variety of courses, and maintaining a membership
Biography of Janet Seaforth
in Tai Chi and Qigong
Health & Fitness
1978 Graduated from Lung Lu Shan Tzu Dragon Tiger Mountain School
and began student teaching the Tai Chi long form, and qigong exercises.
1978 Co-founded Gaia Wood Studios, a project on land acquired in Mendocino, Ca. for the purpose of exploring and
developing sustainable living practices, including a ceramic studio, a tai chi exercise area, an organic garden, and raising goats, chickens and rabbits.
1978 Attended the first West Coast Women's Martial Art Camp at Lake Vera, Nevada City, CA with 100 other women. This became Pacific Association of Women in the Martial Arts.
or PAWMA with hundreds of women attending.
1979 Studied Nanking Integrated System of
Tai Chi Chuan and Push Hands with Jo Deisher and
Chang I Chung, at Mendocino's Nicolas Lane Studio.
1980 Founded my own Tai Chi school, Po Yun Nei Kuan, Philo, CA
1980 Founding mother of Mendocino Co. National Women's Political Caucus (the NWPC), with 20 other women.
1984 Presenter at Women Against Violence Conference,San Francisco
1988 Presenter for Project Sanctuary Battered Women's Shelter
1989 Tai Chi classes at Redwood Health Club, Ukiah, CA
1989 Became sole proprietor of Choice Studios retail #SRJH 27795035
1991 Tai Chi class at Clover Health Club, Cloverdale, CA
1993 Studied Feng Shui with Mary Buckley, Ukiah, CA
1993 Studied Feng Shui with Ann Marie Holmes, Black School Sect
1994 to present Organized our annual "Spring Training"
with Sifu Michelle Dwyer and certified by the The Silver Cloud School of Chinese Martial Arts
1997 Studied meditation and sword with Sensi Michele Benzamine Miki www.manzanitavillage.org
1998 Featured artist in Sharp Spear Crystal Mirror
"Martial Arts in Women's Lives"
Book by Stephanie Hoppe ISBN 0-89281-662-7
2000 Certified by Redwood Coast Tai Chi Association as instructor of Dragon Tiger Mountain Yang Style
Tai Chi Chuan 108 long form and PYNK qigong
1998-2004 Guest artist, teacher at Women's Clan annual retreat at Hearts and Hands, Albion, CA. teaching Tai Chi,
Qigong, Introduction to Eastern philosophy, I Ching, Paqua,
Feng Shui, 5 Element theory, and Chinese herbal cooking.
1998 to present Teacher at Del Webb, Clover Springs Adult Community, Cloverdale, Ca. Tai Chi, Qigong
exercises for balance, flexibility, stress reduction,
and general good health
1999 to 2009 Helped organize the "Goddess Gather", offering the creative edge of Women's Wisdom in the ancient tradition
of the Mystery School with its founder Motherbear
and led workshops in Tai Chi and qigong for its10 years.
2005 to present Qigong teacher at Oakmont
Active Adult Community, Santa Rosa, CA
2007 to present PYNK qigong, chair qigong and Tai Chi 24 form teacher at the Cloverdale Senior Center
2008 Studied Tai Chi 24 form, 32 movement Yang Style Tai Chi Sword with Joanne Stubblefield at Master Li's Tai Chi and Kung Fu Academy. Performed the Tai Chi 24 with Master Shu Dong Li,
and many others,for the Olympic torch in San Francisco.
2009 Studied the Ba Duan Jin, "8 Brocades"
with Chinese Master Niu Aijun and Sifu Justin Eggert
2009 to present Studied with Mingtong Gu www.chicenter.com
and the WHQ Teacher Training POL 2010
(Wisdom Healing Qigong of Dr.Pang from China)
2010 Studied Tai Chi 24 form with May Leung, Sifu Joanne Stubblefield, Master Shu Dong Li and began teaching
at the Cloverdale Senior Center Qigong and Tai Chi 24 form
2010 Studied Feng Shui Life Mapping with Salvatore Manzi
2010 Studied with Michael Gilman Port Townsend, WA. Morning Classes. and Push Hands Practice www. gilmanstudio.com
2011 Workshop March 5th with Qigong Master FengXiuquian of Beijing
Berkeley, CA.
2011 Organizer for World Tai Chi and Qigong Day April 30th Arcata, CA
2011 Founding member of Pacific Qigong Association. Sonoma County
2011 Organizer for World Tai Chi and Qigong Day April 30th Arcata, CA
2012 Certified United States Health Qigong Federation
2012 Certified National Qigong Association Level III Advanced Qigong Instructor
2012 USA athlete in the 5th World Wushu Championships in Huangshan, China. Dragon Tiger Mountain Tai Chi 108 demo. score. 8.67 out of 10 points. Visit Huangshan Mountains, Forbidden City, Great Wall, Shanghai and Zhouzhuang. Sponsored by Sifu Justin Eggert www.Wu-Academy.com
2013 Began Taoist Studies with Sifu Mark Johnson, Santa Rosa, CA.
2014 Push Hands Training with International and World Push Hands Champion Sifu Stephen Watson
2014 Presenter and organizer of National Qigong Day celebration in Santa Rosa, CA.
2014 Presenter at the I Chuan Association Conference
2022 Published Little Book of Qi, Energy for Life with Balboa Press
2024 Presenter at National Qigong Association Qi-Talks
Janet has taught continuously
for over 40 years.
Graduating over 40 students in the Dragon Tiger Mountain 108 form of Tai Chi Chuan. And teaching hundreds of others PYNK qigong
Joanne Stubblefield's fan class Santa Rosa, CA
Michael Gilman's Tai Chi
Port Townsend, Washington
Woman's Martial Arts Camp 1978
Lake Vera, Nevada City, CA
Janet , Denise, and Michael Dwyer
Mingtong Gu at WHQ teacher training April, 2010
Sifu Nam Singh herbal cooking
Choice Studios ceramics and cements focus on right livelihood. They are individually hand sculpted cast porcelain from Janet's original work.
Woman in the Vineyard,
from Janet's one woman show "Local Clay"at the Mendocino County Museum. 1995
Motherbear at the Goddess Gather
Sifu M. Dwyer, Sifu Nam Singh, Simu Seaforth
Training workshop 2004.Goddess Goblets
USA Team at Huangshan, China
Nov. 2012 Wushu Championships
